TBSHS GCSE Geography: Coasts Quiz 4

"The movement of eroded material" is which process?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Transportation

• Weathering

"Material being transported by the sea is dropped due to the sea losing energy" is which process?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Transportation

• Weathering

Which of the following distinctive landforms are formed primarily due to the process of deposition?

• Headlands

• Beaches

• Spits

• Bars

Beaches - Which statements are correct?

• Beaches are accumulations of sand and shingle formed by deposition.

• Sandy beaches can support steeper slopes than shingle beaches.

• Shingle beaches can support steeper slopes than sandy beaches.

• Beaches are accumulations of sand and shingle formed by erosion.

Ridges on a beach lying parallel to the sea:

• Salt marshes

• Longshore drift

• Sand dunes

• Berms

The most accurate description of a spit:

• An accumulation of sand and/or shingle formed by deposition.

• A cliff that juts out in the sea; it is surrounded by water on three sides.

• A narrow ridge of sand and/or shingle that is attached to the mainland at one end.

• A narrow ridge of sand and/or shingle stretching between two headlands, with a lagoon on the landward side.

Longshore drift

Choose the statements which apply most appropriately to this process.

• This is the process of erosion which moves sand and pebbles along the coast.

• Material is moved along the coast in a zigzag way.

• The backwash moves sediment straight back down the beach due to gravity.

• Prevailing winds bring waves in at an angle to the coast.

Why are constructive waves responsible for building up beaches?

• Shingle beaches can support steeper slopes.

• The backwash is stronger than the swash.

• The swash is stronger than the backwash.

Typical features on or close to a spit:

• Sand dunes

• Curved end

• Salt marshes

• Wave cut notch

Conditions required for a spit to form:

• Material is transported along the coast by longshore drift.

• When wave crests arrive parallel to the coastline.

• There is a bend in the coastline or a river mouth occurs.

• A plentiful supply of sediment.